Marine and Coastal Engineering Middle East will take place at Millennium Hotel, Doha, Qatar from 20 to 23 June. The event will bring together key stakeholders from a diverse range of cutting edge marine projects, representing a unique opportunity to benchmark the region’s leading marine...

In response to the unprecedented surge in demand from Asia, Maersk Line is to manufacture new boxes. Since the shortage is expected to worsen in the peak season, the company also plans to lease boxes. The news does not come as a surprise since a week ago Maersk had announced it would be applying...

The 13th East Africa International Trade Exhibition will be held at Diamond Jubilee Hall, Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania from 18 to 20 June. This annual exhibition is the largest trade event held in Tanzania, the hub of the vast East African market. Organized by Information Expogroup Worldwide, the...

There have been more signs recently that global shipping is coming out of one of its worst years ever and finally returning to profitability. The international crisis that caused exports to drop sharply combined with what some considered to be over-ordering of new ships in the boom years prior...

Starting in July, Maersk Line and Hamburg Süd will be adding 10 ships of 2,100 20 TEU capacity to a second string in their service between Asia, South Africa and the East Coast of South America in response to a hike in cargo demand as a consequence of the peak shipping season. According to the...

ProPak Asia 2010 will be held from 16 to 19 June 2010 at BITEC, Bangkok, Thailand. ProPak Asia is the event for international manufacturers and suppliers of machinery, technology and materials in the sectors of packaging, filling, processing, quality assurance, test and measurement and their...

One of the worlds three largest shipping lines, CMA CGM,says that there might be equipment shortages and tight capacity on the Asia-Europe trade due to the peak season. According to CMA CGM Senior VP Asia-Europe Nicolas Sartini, the volumes experienced by shipping lines so far this year have...

In previous articles on piracy around the Gulf of Aden area we raised the question about whether paying ransoms is in fact an encouragement to further piracy. Apparently little progress has been made since the initiative by a coalition of organisations – from trade unions to...

A Special Seminar for Public Port Authority Port Directors will take place at Hotel Palomar Chicago, Illinois, United States during 16 and 17 June. This seminar, specifically designed and limited to port directors, will offer an exceptional opportunity for discussion of the major issues...

Rosupak 2010, the largest packaging exhibition in Russia, the CIS and Eastern Europe, will be held from 15 to 18 June at the Crocus-Expo venue, Moscow, Russia. The exhibition is focused on packing machinery, packaging equipment, materials and technologies for all industries. The success of this...